Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of model variables.

	N	Mean	SE	95% CI
Covid-19 mortality rate (%)	169	3.70	0.28	3.15–4.25
Covid-19 related factors
Test number per 100 people	153	3.75	0.47	2.82–4.69
Case number per 1,000 people	169	1.69	0.25	1.20–2.18
Critical case rate (%)a	120	0.56	0.06	0.44–0.68
Country related factors
Government effectiveness scoreb	167	− 0.01	0.08	− 0.17–0.16
Population aged 65 or older (%)	162	9.17	0.51	8.15–10.18
Bed number per 1,000 people	146	3.14	0.22	2.72–3.57
Communicable disease death rate (%)	159	31.04	1.79	27.50–34.58
Transport infrastructure quality scorec	153	2.75	0.05	2.64–2.86

^aCritical case rate = number of critical cases/total number of cases.

^bRange of data: from − 2.5 (worst) to 2.5 (best).

^cRange of data: from 1 (worst) to 5 (best).